Trading hours
Trading Hours
Set the open and close time for a product. The app uses this setting to show whether the product can currently trade.
Forex Counter Trading Hours
Trading hours
Trading hours define the time range in which a product allows customers to trade in Finger Trader.
In Finger Manager, administrators can configure trading days, open time, close time, and timezone for each Trading Desk or ticker individually.
After the configuration is saved, Finger Trader determines whether the product is currently tradable according to its trading hours. During the trading session, related trading functions can be enabled according to the institution's configuration. Outside the trading session, the client can show market closed or trading paused status.
Trading hours are part of the product's trading rules and should be configured according to the actual market, liquidity source, and institution business arrangement.
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01 Open trading-hours settings
Go to Market & Product Management > Trading Hours, then select the corresponding market and product.
For example: Forex, NZD/USD, then open Trading Hours configuration.
Trading hours are configured separately by product. Different tickers can have different trading sessions.
02 Set trading days
Administrators can define which days a product is allowed to trade.
For example, Monday to Friday means the product is open for trading on normal business days.
Depending on business needs, products can also use Monday to Saturday, daily, specified trading days, or other custom cycles. Trading days should match the actual market schedule.
03 Set open and close time
Each product can define an Open Time and a Close Time.
Open Time indicates when the product starts accepting trading actions. Close Time indicates when normal trading operations stop.
For example, trading days Monday to Friday, open time 09:00, close time 17:00. The system uses this configuration to determine whether the product is currently inside a trading session.
04 Set timezone
Trading hours must be used with a clear timezone, such as Asia/Tokyo, America/New_York, Europe/London, or UTC.
The same 09:00 represents completely different real moments in different timezones. Administrators should always confirm that both trading time and timezone match the actual market.
For example, a Tokyo market can use Asia/Tokyo, a US market can use America/New_York when appropriate, and a global unified system can use UTC as an internal standard.
05 Why timezone must be explicit
Finger Trader can serve customers in different countries and regions, and the local time on a customer's device may be different from the product's market time.
For example, a stock market may open at 09:30 New York time, while a customer in Japan sees a different local time when opening Finger Trader.
If the system only stores 09:30 without timezone, it cannot determine whether the market is actually open. Finger Manager calculates product trading status using product trading time, product timezone, and the current actual time.
06 Client trading status
Finger Trader displays the current product status according to the Trading Hours configured in Manager.
Common statuses can include Trading, Closed, and Opening Soon.
Trading means the current time is within the permitted trading session. Closed means the current time has passed the product close time. Opening Soon means the next open time is approaching. Exact status names depend on the current Finger Trader client configuration.
07 Time until open or close
The system can calculate how long remains before the next status change based on the current time and configured trading hours.
For example, Close in 00:02 means the product will enter a non-trading state in about two minutes.
This helps customers confirm the current market status before trading and reduces confusion near market close.
08 Non-trading session
When the current time is outside the allowed trading window, the system identifies the product as not tradable.
Finger Trader may still display product name, historical information, current or last quote, and product details, but trading functions are restricted according to the institution's configuration.
For example, the client may prevent new positions, prevent new order submission, show Market Closed, or display the next opening time. The specific restrictions depend on the product and institution trading rules.
09 Overnight sessions
Some markets have sessions that cross midnight, such as opening at 22:00 and closing at 05:00 on the next day.
In this case, the system cannot simply compare times inside one calendar day. It should treat the session as a complete trading interval.
For forex, digital assets, or certain global market products, administrators should confirm whether overnight trading exists when configuring sessions.
10 24-hour trading products
Some products may support, or nearly support, 24-hour trading. Examples can include certain forex products, digital assets, OTC products, or internal institution products.
For these products, longer trading sessions or all-day trading rules can be configured according to actual business arrangements.
Even when a product is described as 24-hour trading, administrators should still consider system maintenance, liquidity provider maintenance, daily settlement, weekend closure, and risk-control suspension windows.
11 Weekends and non-trading days
Some markets are closed on weekends. Traditional equities and most forex businesses are usually affected by weekday restrictions.
The system can use trading-day settings to automatically close the corresponding products on Saturday and Sunday.
For all-day markets such as some digital assets, the institution can decide whether to keep weekend trading open according to its actual service capability.
12 Holidays and special sessions
Regular Trading Hours are used for normal recurring sessions, but financial markets may also have holidays, early closes, delayed openings, temporary halts, special settlement days, or exchange-specific arrangements.
These cases cannot rely only on the standard Monday to Friday rule.
Institutions should adjust special dates according to market data and business arrangements. If the system provides a trading calendar or special-session configuration, that feature should be used for these cases.
13 Trading hours and quote availability
Having quote data does not always mean trading is allowed.
Some quote sources may continue providing reference prices, delayed quotes, pre-market prices, after-hours prices, or indicative prices outside normal trading hours.
Quote status and trading status should therefore be evaluated separately. Whether Finger Trader allows customers to submit orders should follow the trading hours and business rules configured in Manager, not only whether quotes are being received.
14 Difference between trading hours and product listing
Trading hours and product listing control different things.
Product listing determines whether the product is offered in Finger Trader. Trading hours determine whether an already listed product is currently inside a tradable session.
For example, AAPL can remain listed and visible in Finger Trader after the New York market closes, but its status changes to Closed and new trading operations can be restricted according to the institution's configuration.
15 Different products can use different trading hours
Even inside the same market, different products may have different trading hours.
Common stocks, ETFs, futures-related products, OTC products, and special trading products may have different open, close, or pause times.
Finger Manager therefore treats Trading Hours as a product-level configuration rather than only setting one global market time.
16 Modify trading hours
Administrators with the required permissions can modify Trading Hours according to market changes.
After modification, Finger Trader uses the latest configuration to recalculate product status.
For products already offered to customers, administrators should confirm whether the product is currently in a trading session, whether there are unfinished orders, whether current customer operations may be affected, whether the new time matches the actual market, and whether timezone is correct before making changes.
17 Permission control
Trading hours are important product trading parameters.
Modification should normally be limited to institution administrators, product administrators, trading management users, and roles with the relevant product-configuration permissions.
Customer service users or roles without trading product management responsibilities usually only need view permission.
The core logic is: Trading Desk or Ticker, set trading days, set open time, set close time, set timezone, then Finger Trader determines the current trading status.
For example, NZD/USD, Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00, Asia/Tokyo. Finger Trader can then automatically determine whether the product is tradable, closing soon, closed, or waiting for the next open.
Being listed only means the product can appear in Finger Trader. Whether it can be traded at the current moment is determined by Trading Hours and other institution trading rules.
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The administrator opens the trading hours page for NZD/USD under the Forex counter.
Manager shows the product whose session will be configured. -
The administrator sets the trading day, open time, close time, and timezone.
The product has a clear market session rule. -
When the configured close time arrives, the app marks the product as Closed.
Users see the closed trading state in the app market list.